Bit this is for the good of the game. Surely fans and clubs would support it?

Whilst I appreciate that the closure of the hotel may have created an opportunity to revisit the whole issue of the Heritage Centre, it maybe that the people who have done a sterling job in running the Centre for so may years may well have trodden that path already. Maybe we should wait to hear from them.

I can confirm 30+ less sales for Scotland vs Italy at Workington, after this afternoons test purchase for the Tonga match, £7.50 is extremely reasonable, however a £2.50 'delivery' fee for a walk in purchase is beyond taking the mickey, good luck with that, it's cheaper on the telly.

Well, of course, that presupposes that the money would come out of the clubs' budget and that the RFL would make no savings by not paying the rent at Red Hall.

Seems a bit unlikely to me but I agree that we don't have enough information to decide whether it's financially a good deal or not.

They may save money - they may not, I agree we can't know - but they take on more responsibilities and let's assume that right now the George is not fit for purpose as anything other than a hotel. It's not a headquarters/office quite yet and will require work to make it so. More cost, more time.

As for the budget there really is only a finite amount of money in the game and little of it is available to spend on whatever takes the RFL's fancy. Taking money off the clubs really would impact them in a seriously negative way.

It'll be a shame if the contents of the Heritage Centre are merely packed-up into boxes and put into storage until they are forgotten about.
There are families who have donated their ancestors artefacts to the museum, so I hope these are either looked after appropriately or returned back until another home is found.
Unfortunatley, the museum won't be anywhere near the top of an administrators list of tasks.
The RFL now needs to assign some importance to the heritage of the game, as they've had volunteers and virtually zero expenditure on this up till now.
However, with everything else thats going on, and cuts to budgets I can't for 1 minute see it happening.

Never been there but it has appeared to have shaky foundations for years, is it backed by Rugby League in England or just a private enterprise?
If the RFL do not consider it to be significant then I guess that is it.

It'll be a shame if the contents of the Heritage Centre are merely packed-up into boxes and put into storage until they are forgotten about.There are families who have donated their ancestors artefacts to the museum.....

Have they ? I thought they were just on loan.

Personally, I'd never pass on ownership. To whom ? What if they decided to auction it and spend the money on beer ?